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A normal desk has a table-top height of around 29". If, say, the top is one inch thick, then the underside is at 28". Allowing an inch clearance below the desk, the piano key tops would be at 27". (Normal height is around 28".)

But this would require the piano/keyboard to rest on a table whose height is perhaps 23" or 24" high.

There is (or used to be) a kind of table called a typewriter table. These were meant to set beneath a normal table top. They were often on wheels or casters. I used to have one. It's tabletop was at 26". (But I think 27" is more typical.)

This would put a keyboard's piano keys at 29" or 30" ... a bit higher than normal (though perhaps tolerable), but entirely too high to slide under a normal-height desk.

You might see something here that could give you ideas if you end up going the custom route.

If I were doing this I would find the furniture, a suitable desk unit large enough for the 88-key piano to go under then if it was not already designed for the weight and size of your piano I would replace the hardware and tray with something customized and stronger.

Some of those are exceedingly robust and can easily handle both static and dynamic loading of a full-size heavy stage piano. I've been tempted to take a Nord and use it as the shelf (self-supporting with end brackets) to minimize the knee-clearance problem, but more realistically I'll put something cheaper on a foam-core shelf suspended between two slides, with long enough travel to get out of the way when retracted. (Waiting for NAMM to decide on which board.)

Here are some cheaper ones that aren't stainless, and would be fine for most applications:

Some of those are exceedingly robust and can easily handle both static and dynamic loading of a full-size heavy stage piano. I've been tempted to take a Nord and use it as the shelf (self-supporting with end brackets) to minimize the knee-clearance problem, but more realistically I'll put something cheaper on a foam-core shelf suspended between two slides, with long enough travel to get out of the way when retracted. (Waiting for NAMM to decide on which board.)

Here are some cheaper ones that aren't stainless, and would be fine for most applications:

Those can be disconnected by just pulling all the way out, overcoming friction rather than having to push a release button. I don't think that style would be ideal for such expensive cargo, especially in earthquake country (like a boat)! The other methods either require disassembly (screws) or pressing a button.

Clicking on each image will link you to their source in case you did not discover this.

Quite a few are pre-built non-custom furniture.

Yeah I noticed that. You did a great job preparing that post with source links. I'm still evaluating options that's for sure.

Originally Posted by Temperament

Inceptic, (OT): what are the nice chairs on the first pic?

Well that first picture is NOT my studio! But Frank is correct. Be careful with those though, as they come in three sizes, so make sure to try them out first. If you get the wrong size your legs will hurt.

Originally Posted by Nomadness

Those can be disconnected by just pulling all the way out, overcoming friction rather than having to push a release button. I don't think that style would be ideal for such expensive cargo, especially in earthquake country (like a boat)! The other methods either require disassembly (screws) or pressing a button.

Steve

Thanks for the explanation Steve. I went to my local hardware store here. They didn't have nice fancy ones like in that website. I might have to order some of those if they're tried and tested.

I'm looking for the best solution to have the piano in front of the desk and computer, so this pictures can help me with some ideas. I want to find a method to hide the piano below the desk when not in use, like penultimate picture, but I thinks it's very, very difficult, because piano will be a HEAVY Kawai MP11.

The issue for a home hobbyist like me is that no single set up is perfect for the various things I do. For example, at one time I want to play my DP + synth on top, at another time I want to mix/record with a DAW/large computer screen, which ideally requires a quite different set up.

I have sometimes thought about designing something like a theatre stage with suspended props from overhead railings, invisible counterweights, etc. that can quickly be configured and re-configured from one stage scene (or music room scene, in this case) to the next

Of course, one could also have a dozen music rooms, each one with the perfect set up for whatever one chooses to do

I am 'doremi' because I play scales Had I progressed to playing chords,I would be 'domisol'